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Male


-65.9kg

1. Rani Yahya. Brazil (ADCC World Champion)

2. Kouhei Yasumi. Japan (Asian Trials winner)

3. Rafael Mendes. Brazil (South American Trials winner)

4. Nicolas Renier. France (European Trials winner)

5. Timo-Juhani Hirvikangas. Finland (European Champion)

6. Ryan Hall. USA (North American east coast Trials winner)

7. David Marinakis. Australia (Pacific Trials winner)

8. Jayson Patino. USA (North American west coast Trials winner)

9. Rubens “Cobrinha” Chales. USA

10. Leo Vieira. Brazil

11. Baret Yoshida. USA

12. Jeff Glover. USA

13.Hiroshi “Iron” Nakamura. Japan

14.Justin Rader. USA

15. Jeff Curran. USA

16. Urijah Faber. USA



-76.9kg

1. Marcelo Garcia. Brazil (ADCC World Champion)

2. K-taro Nakamura. Japan (Asian Trials winner)

3. Murilo Santana. Brazil (South American Trials winner)

4. Marcelo Azevedo. Italy (European Trials winner)

5. Toni Linden. Finland (European Champion)

6. Don Ortega. USA (North American east coast Trials winner)

7. Rodney Ellis. Australia (Pacific Trials winner)

8. Enrico Cocco. USA (North American west coast Trials winner)

9. Kron Gracie. USA

10. Pablo Popovich. USA

11. Yoshiyuki “Zenko” Yoshida. Japan

12. Milton Vieira. Brazil

13.Bill Cooper. USA

14.Ben Askren.USA

15.Gregor Gracie. Brazil

16.Leo Santos. Brazil



-87.9kg

1.Tarsis Humphreys.Brasil

2. Kazuhiro Nakamura. Japan (Asian Trials winner)

3. André Galvão. Brazil (South American Trials winner)

4. Kassim Annan. France (European Trials winner)

5. Trond Saksenvik. Norway (European Champion)

6. Jason Selva. USA (North American east coast Trials winner)

7. Igor Praporshchikov. Australia (Pacific Trials winner)

8. Chris Weidman. USA (North American west coast Trials winner)

9. Gunnar Nelson. Iceland

10. Rafael Lovato jr. Usa

11. Daniel Tabera. Spain

12. Braulio Estima. Brazil

13.Bruno Bastos.Brazil

14.Tom Lawlor.USA

15. Jorge Santiago. Brazil

16.James Brasco. USA



-98.9kg

1. Xande Ribeiro. Brazil (ADCC World Champion)

2. Yukiya Naito. Japan (Asian Trials winner)

3. Glover Teixeira. Brazil (South American Trials winner)

4. Radek Turek. Poland (European Trials winner)

5. Andreas Olsen. Norway (European Champion)

6. Rafael Davies. USA (North American east coast Trials winner)

7. Anthony Perosh. Australia (Pacific Trials winner)

8. Gerardi Rinaldi. USA (North American west coast Trials winner)

9. Dean Lister. USA

10. Ricardo Arona. Brazil

11.Vinny Magalhães. Brazil

12.Vesa Vuori.Finland

13. Renato “Babalu” Sobral. Brazil

14.Marcio “Ped de Pano” Cruz. Brazil

15.Ricco Rodrigez.USA


+99kg

1. Fabricio Werdum. Brazil (ADCC World Champion)

2. Kouji Kanechika. Japan (Asian Trials winner)

3. Antoine Jaoude. Brazil (South American Trials winner)

4. Tomasz Janiszewski. Poland (European Trials winner)

5. Janne-Pekka Pietiläinen. Finland (European Champion)

6. Asa Fuller. USA (North American east coast Trials winner)

7. Denis Roberts. Australia (Pacific Trials winner)

8. Tom DeBlass. USA (North American west coast Trials winner)

9. John Olav Einemo. Norway

10. Saulo Ribeiro. Brazil

11. Rogent Lloret. Spain

12.Tom Erikson.USA

13.Jeff Monson.USA

14. Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu. Brasil

15.Gabriel Gonzaga.USA

16.Karol Bedorf.Poland



SUPERFIGHT

Ronaldo Jacare vs Robert Drysdale. USA



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-60kg

1. Kyra Gracie. Brazil (ADCC World Champion)

2. Sayaka Shioda. Japan (ADCC World Champion)

3. Megumi Fujii. Japan (Asian & Pacific Trials winner)

4. Michelle Tavares. Brazil (South American Trials winner)

5. Laurence Cousin. France (European Trials winner)

6. Ina Steffensen. Denmark (European Champion)

7. Hillary Williams. USA (North American Trials winner)

8.Luanna Alzuguir. Brazil


+60kg

1. Hannette Staack. USA (ADCC World Champion)

2. Penny Thomas. USA (ADCC World Champion)

3. Hitomi Hiraiwa. Japan (Asian & Pacific Trials winner)

4. Rosângela Conceição. Brazil (South American Trials winner)

5. Ida Hansson. Sweden (European Trials winner)

6. Shanti Abelha. Denmark (European Champion)

7. Lana Stephanac. USA (North American Trials winner)

8. Cris Cyborg. Brazil


 

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WOW!!!

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 ***edited for explanations.



of course picking winners in events with fields such as these is laughable at best....my picks are...



mendes--too tricky for cobrinha without the gi

garcia-- no explanation needed.

tarsis-- very tough without the gi and i expect is VERY hungry after 07.

xande-- i think he will be very well prepared.

cyborg-- has been on a tear lately gi and no gi.

kyra-- hard to bet against her.

hannette-- way too much experience.



and drysdale in the superfight.-- both guys are amazing.  Drysdale has been preparing for this and Jaca has been focusing on mma.  I give the edge to Drysdale.



we shall see what happens and i cant wait to see who will be in the absolute this year!!!!!

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Darnit - I guess I'm the only person that will ever stream this event for free.

Freaking awesome lineup though!

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I have the UG symbol on my rashguard. :)

So you should root for me.

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 10thplanetzombie.  i think Rafael is too tricky for cobrinha without the gi.  also i love saulo but no way he gets past some of those guys at that weight. 



Also lets not pretend you can accurately predict winners in adcc....its all just a guess really.

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Cobrinha
Marcelo
Galvao
Xande
Cyborg

Absolute: Cyborg

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Ben Askren!?!?!? Wow

Good luck to Ryan Hall

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Cobrinha,Marcelo,Galvao or Lovato Jr. at -87, Xande, Cyborg, Jacare, Kyra , and Staack

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How is Ricco Rodriguez competing in the -98.9kg category? Has he lost a shit ton of weight?

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 Thatcher....how do you know who is in the absolute??????

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Mendes will take it.

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Johnny Walls - Darnit - I guess I'm the only person that will ever stream this event for free.



Freaking awesome lineup though!
I'd pay to stream it if I could somehow save it....

 

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And I'm sure Saulo loves his brother Xande, but to move out of his natural weight class and compete against the monsters in the 99+ class so they remain in separate categories?

Xande better be paying Saulo's hospital bills :-P

(all kidding aside, I'll be rooting like crazy for him - and he does have a win over Monson, so he can definitely hang with at least some of those guys)

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Tom Erickson is on there.

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 TOM LAWLOR !

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 -88kg = TOM LAWLOR

-99kg = VINNY MAGALHAES

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Justin Rader is from Oklahoma and i first saw him compete as a blue...he's a brown now...he's got wins over Ryan Hall and Renato Tavares and has won many tournaments,but thats a stacked division he's in...should be good!Anybody have the brackets or know when they'll be up?How do they go about putting the brackets together?Do they draw names,seed the competitors,or what??

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Hillary - I have the UG symbol on my rashguard. :)

So you should root for me.




I'm sure everyone on the UG will be rooting for you...I know i'll be ;)

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i feel sorry for whoever needs to go against gunnar. that's a lose-lose situation